Author: Restaurant Gal
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After All
After you have taken a risk in your personal life and shared a simple kiss with a man whom you will likely not see again–someone who is not the man to whom you have been married for multiple decades and who was previously the only man you had kissed in those multiple decades, after you…
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DC vs. South Florida: Weathering the Storm
Over the past two days, I have been struck by how at home–and how not–I feel during the threat of bad weather, thanks to a guy named Noel. DC: Weather forecast for possibility of snow a week out. Stores run low on milk and eggs and chips the next day. Video stores are inundated. Here:…
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Night Ride
The beauty of uncertainty –KT Tunstall Sometimes, nothing–not one thing–plays out as I am so certain it will. Sometimes, I defer to the uncertainty and say, “Hmm. I guess that was the outcome that was supposed to be.” Sometimes, I put a choke hold on the outcome that I want, insist should be, only to…
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I Have Not Gone Away
I have been working a lot of hours, a lot of days in a row, with a uncertain end to the madness, during one of the busiest weeks of the year for us. The best news? RG Daughter and RG Son are in town for the weekend. Although I am working, having them here, watching…
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Single Sunday
“It’s good to get out.” –My Wonderful Friend “I was separated from my wife for almost a year. Maybe it was only eight months. But I got the single-guy thing out of my system. Now…you, know, it’s okay.” –A coworker “You’ll know, when you know.” –A special friend Exile. I really need to thank the…
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Stone Crabs-in-a-Barrel Days
In my previous life, as many of my readers know, I worked for a magazine as a writer and managing editor. THE Editor, my boss, adored me as an employee for the first year. I worked long hours, got the magazine back on its monthly publishing schedule, and fretted over every tiny detail. During that…
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A Short List of Unoriginal Things to Do in a Restaurant
I haven’t vented about guests in a while, mainly because I like our guests here in paradise (I know, call me…whatever). On the other hand, a minority few inspire the following observations about how not to be original in a restaurant: –Make a reservation for 7 people, show up with 12, and complain about having…
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Just Wondering
Why is it, on someone’s last night, you finally figure out how to work together, laugh together, and have the best night, ever? Why doesn’t that happen on, say, your 23rd night working together? Good luck at your next place, beloved co-worker. I am dreading breaking in the new recruit.
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Uh Huh
“He don’t like her going out, you know, like she’s single,” said the uniformed security guard as she leaned her elbow on the glass counter top of the jewelry case. “Uh huh. I know. And I told her that, too,” said the sales clerk standing behind the glass counter top of the jewelry case that…
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Clothes Make This Gal
Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work, driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for, in order to get to a job that you need so you can pay for the clothes, car and the house that you leave empty all day in order to afford to…